Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 9 Entries. Friday, July 23 View Page This is my 1552 Young plant. It looks beautiful, is DAP 25, and adding 30 pounds a day. It has a number of secondaries (4 on one side, and 2 on the other) that have some weird splitting and swelling happening. I will try to detail this below. � Friday, July 23 View Page 1552 Young is 221 inches OTT for a total of about 250 lbs on DAP 25. � Saturday, July 24 View Page Today I noticed this weirdness happening on the vines next to the stump. These are splits in the vine, with some odd puffiness coming out. It�s not foaming, because it isn�t wet. It�s almost totally dry, and you can�t scrape it away, because it�s a solid part of the vine. The only way to remove it is to cut it with a sharp knife. It�s a solid material. � Saturday, July 24 View Page Another spot. I probably have this in 15 or places across the older vine. Older vines only. There is no leaf wilt. They look healthy. And the pumpkin is adding 30 pounds a day. � Saturday, July 24 View Page I think it starts with a dry split in the vine, like this. � Saturday, July 24 View Page Then this� � Saturday, July 24 View Page Then this. Again, totally solid. A part of the vine. No gross wet foam that�s indicative of a borer. � Saturday, July 24 View Page All that said, I did see this borer in that area of the patch today and I know they�re out there. I spray imadclorapid weekly with Tal Star. The plant should kill them if it�s borers. Anybody have ideas of what I�m dealing with? � Saturday, July 24 View Page Problem solved everyone. It�s SVB. Off to cut, extract, peroxide, and Captan. And spray like crazy. Huge Lesson: just because you systemic and topical spray doesn�t mean you can�t get SVB. And also, be vigilant � this damage wasn�t there 48 hours ago. Also � there was no saw dust, or foam, or even wetness. It was dry and firm to the touch. Weird, but there it is. Thank you for your help and consideration! �